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hjalfi · 03-13-2021, 04:45 PM

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the source code (or even a precompiled uboot.imx) for the PaperWhite?

Context: I have a defunct PaperWhite which is showing signs of a dead eMMC. On bootup, I get the dreaded "Invalid board ID!" message. It'll enter recovery mode, although it's rather unwilling to do so and will typically require multiple reboots, and I have the tooling to download and run an image (imx_usb_loader). However, I have no uboot image to run, and the various links I've found here to get one have all bitrotted. I'm hoping to get an actual uboot prompt with which I can poke things a bit and try and figure out whether the eMMC is actually dead or whether something just erased the magic startup data.

03-13-2021, 04:45 PM	#1
hjalfi Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle 3g	Source for PaperWhite uboot? Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the source code (or even a precompiled uboot.imx) for the PaperWhite? Context: I have a defunct PaperWhite which is showing signs of a dead eMMC. On bootup, I get the dreaded "Invalid board ID!" message. It'll enter recovery mode, although it's rather unwilling to do so and will typically require multiple reboots, and I have the tooling to download and run an image (imx_usb_loader). However, I have no uboot image to run, and the various links I've found here to get one have all bitrotted. I'm hoping to get an actual uboot prompt with which I can poke things a bit and try and figure out whether the eMMC is actually dead or whether something just erased the magic startup data.